Energy supply is more important than climate change

Nobody's Fuel
Energy Supply Plan (ESP)

Objectives:
1. Promote nuclear generation of electricity to your neighbours, colleagues and elected representatives.

2. Produce all electricity by nuclear energy and use electricity everywhere we can, for example for:
    2.1 railroads
    2.2 heating of homes and cooking
    2.3 public transportation

3. Reserve liquid fuels for road and air transport, i.e., gasoline from oil, tar sands, and coal because there are no substitutes on the scale required. How?
    3.1 convert home heating from oil to                 electricity—you will have to do it                         eventually as oil and natural gas                         become scarce
    3.2 coal is more valuable converted to liquid     fuels than burned to generate                             electricity—replace with nuclear
    3.3 convert large ships to nuclear power

4. Replace the current nuclear reactors with fast breeder reactors to ensure nuclear fuel for tens of thousands of years. This will take decades—we must start now.

5. Practice conservation as you see it. How? Maintain your comfort, security and safety levels but:
    5.1 turn off lights, TVs, and computers                 when not required
    5.2 reduce hot water use (but                             maintain good health control)
    5.3 walk or ride a bicycle if it makes sense
    5.4 recycle waste and items no longer                 needed
    5.5 use public transportation where it                 makes sense
    5.6 buy a fuel efficient car

6. Use energy as efficiently as possible. How?
    6.1 use “Energy Star” appliances
    6.2 use low energy light bulbs
    6.3 install programmable thermostats
    6.4 use motion detector lights
    6.5 upgrade house insulation,                             windows, and weather stripping
    6.6 maintain your car as                                     recommended
    6.7 promote energy efficiency                             initiatives

7. Promote renewable energies where they make sense—they are much too small to replace fossil fuels, but can help extend fossil fuel reserves.

8. Construct electricity generating and distribution systems robustly and with excess capacity. As fossil fuels become scarce, they will be replaced with nuclear generated electricity except in road and air transport. We have all seen blackouts caused when the system approaches its maximum capacity.

Results:
Positive results can be obtained for every person on earth if the ESP is pursued vigorously and the objectives are met. These include:
1. Lifting poor nations out of poverty
2. Maintaining the well-being of everyone
3. Adapting to climate change
4. Protecting the environment
5. Reducing carbon emissions to acceptable levels

Contact us: Nobody's Fuel 8 Watterson Rd. Baie d'Urfe, QC H9X 3C2 Canada dlightfo@aei.ca - - - E-mail “SUBSCRIBE” to info@nobodysfuel.com to join our mailing list. (Note: you can unsubscribe anytime). - - - Feedback? We want to hear from you! (e.g. what would make you buy the DVD?) E-mail info@nobodysfuel.com	Nobody's Fuel explains, from a practical scientific perspective, why there are currently no viable substitutes for fossil fuel on the scale required by society. The film emphasizes how important energy is to human welfare and why energy efficiency and conservation will not limit atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nobody's Fuel provides a practical science-based analysis of renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, hydro, biomass, and geothermal power) showing how it is woefully inadequate to meet our current and future energy needs. Nobody's Fuel is not a doomsday scenario, instead recommending where action and research initiatives must focus in order to develop a viable carbon-free form of energy. With 85% of world energy currently supplied by fossil fuels, it is clear that solutions must not only mitigate atmospheric carbon dioxide but secure a predictable and affordable fuel supply. Energy conservation People use energy in many ways to make their lives more enjoyable, which is their right in a free society. This is often controversial because what is considered frivolous by some is seen as essential by others. Conservation saves a relatively small amount of energy, but can extend fossil fuel supplies and give more time to implement solutions. We must all save energy in our own way, however we can. Energy efficiency All increases in energy efficiency are good. However, most of the easy increases have already been achieved. Many technologies are already mature, such as wind, hydro and electricity generation, thereby leaving little potential for increased energy efficiency. Furthermore, improved efficiency has a history of spurring energy consumption. Computers of the 1960s consumed much power and were housed in air conditioned rooms. Total power consumption was negligible. Today's computers are much more efficient, but there are so many that electricity demand has increased. Renewable energy Hydroelectric power is virtually the perfect form of energy, but its world-wide growth potential is limited. Biomass projects, such as making ethanol from corn, provide little net energy benefit. By the time you plant, water, harvest, transport, and process the corn, you have used almost as much high grade energy as there is in the final fuel. Wind and solar power are intermittent, contain very little power and reliable power from fossil fuels or hydro must cover the gaps. Wind power is small and will remain small for good technical reasons – it only exists through generous subsidies. Considered in total, renewable energies are much too small to replace fossil fuels now and in the future. The hydrogen economy Hydrogen is not a source of energy, but an energy carrier, like electricity. It is manufactured using energy. Although hydrogen is often suggested as the transportation fuel of the future when oil is scarce, the difficulties of supply and use are daunting and success is not certain. Nuclear fission energy There are 442 nuclear power plants in 30 countries today. One kilogram of uranium is roughly baseball-sized and contains the power of 2.3 million litres of gasoline. There are no perfect substitutes for fossil fuels, however only nuclear fission has the potential to: Support 3 times current world energy use in 2100 Continue protection of the environment Sharply reduce carbon emissions Provide long term supply of high quality energy Supply transportation energy	Nobody's Fuel Energy Supply Plan (ESP) Objectives: 1. Promote nuclear generation of electricity to your neighbours, colleagues and elected representatives. 2. Produce all electricity by nuclear energy and use electricity everywhere we can, for example for: 2.1 railroads 2.2 heating of homes and cooking 2.3 public transportation 3. Reserve liquid fuels for road and air transport, i.e., gasoline from oil, tar sands, and coal because there are no substitutes on the scale required. How? 3.1 convert home heating from oil to electricity—you will have to do it eventually as oil and natural gas become scarce 3.2 coal is more valuable converted to liquid fuels than burned to generate electricity—replace with nuclear 3.3 convert large ships to nuclear power 4. Replace the current nuclear reactors with fast breeder reactors to ensure nuclear fuel for tens of thousands of years. This will take decades—we must start now. 5. Practice conservation as you see it. How? Maintain your comfort, security and safety levels but: 5.1 turn off lights, TVs, and computers when not required 5.2 reduce hot water use (but maintain good health control) 5.3 walk or ride a bicycle if it makes sense 5.4 recycle waste and items no longer needed 5.5 use public transportation where it makes sense 5.6 buy a fuel efficient car 6. Use energy as efficiently as possible. How? 6.1 use “Energy Star” appliances 6.2 use low energy light bulbs 6.3 install programmable thermostats 6.4 use motion detector lights 6.5 upgrade house insulation, windows, and weather stripping 6.6 maintain your car as recommended 6.7 promote energy efficiency initiatives 7. Promote renewable energies where they make sense—they are much too small to replace fossil fuels, but can help extend fossil fuel reserves. 8. Construct electricity generating and distribution systems robustly and with excess capacity. As fossil fuels become scarce, they will be replaced with nuclear generated electricity except in road and air transport. We have all seen blackouts caused when the system approaches its maximum capacity. Results: Positive results can be obtained for every person on earth if the ESP is pursued vigorously and the objectives are met. These include: 1. Lifting poor nations out of poverty 2. Maintaining the well-being of everyone 3. Adapting to climate change 4. Protecting the environment 5. Reducing carbon emissions to acceptable levels
"When people talk about the return to biomass, such as producing ethanol from corn, they do not seem to be aware that this strategy did not work 150 years ago" ~ H. Douglas Lightfoot